Position Summary:

Garver is seeking a Network & Systems Engineer to join our IT Infrastructure team. This role is ideal for a well-rounded infrastructure professional with hands-on experience across networking and systems administration. The successful candidate will help design, manage, and support our enterprise network and server environment while collaborating with other IT teams on business initiatives. This role blends network engineering (LAN/WAN/firewalls) with systems engineering (servers, storage, virtualization) and includes periodic travel to Garver offices to support office infrastructure projects.

Key Responsibilities:

Network Engineering

• Design, configure, manage, and troubleshoot enterprise LAN, WAN, and wireless networks.
• Administer and support firewalls, VPNs, switches, and access points.
• Monitor network performance and reliability; identify and resolve issues proactively.
• Support internet circuits, site connectivity, and office network infrastructure.
• Participate in network security best practices and architecture decisions.

Systems & Infrastructure

• Work with our System Administrators to support physical and virtual servers.
• Help manage virtualization platforms and related infrastructure.
• Help support enterprise storage systems and backups (on-prem and cloud).
• Help support system patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management.
• Assist with infrastructure projects such as migrations, modernization efforts, and capacity planning.

Travel & On-Site Support

• Travel to Garver offices as needed to support office setups, moves, expansions, maintenance activities, and infrastructure upgrades.
• Provide hands-on support for network and systems installations during office projects and special initiatives.
• Coordinate with internal IT teams and other support teams to ensure successful on-site deployments.

Collaboration & Operations

• Collaborate with other IT Teams on projects and daily tasks as necessary.
• Provide technical escalation support for complex infrastructure issues.
• Document standards, configurations, and operational procedures.
• Participate in after-hours support as needed.
• Contribute to infrastructure strategy, reliability, and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in network and/or systems engineering roles.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise networking (firewalls, LAN, WAN, VPN).
• Hands-on experience with Windows servers, virtualization, and storage platforms.
• Solid understanding of network and system security principles.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.
• Ability and willingness to travel to Garver office locations on an as-needed basis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting multi-location office environments.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS, etc).
• Experience with monitoring tools and alerting systems.
• Knowledge and experience with backup and disaster recovery solutions.
• Experience with Palo Alto Networks.

Grow With Us

Garver offers its employees programs such as company-paid professional memberships, company support for industry licenses and continuing education opportunities that foster a progressive atmosphere. Garver provides the tools, resources, and environment to develop leaders, stimulate ideas, and accomplish projects. By offering highly competitive salary packages, attractive benefits, and a comprehensive wellness program; Garver walks the talk when it comes to work-life balance. Founded in 1919, Garver is an employee-owned engineering, planning, and environmental services firm focused on aviation, transportation, buildings, federal, water and wastewater services; surveying; advisory services; and construction engineering and inspection. In the top 100 of Engineering News-Record’s Top 500 Design Firms list, with more than 1,400 employees, Garver provides an exceptional level of client service that reflects our people-first culture, which has achieved Zweig Group Best Firm to Work For Legacy Status. Learn how Garver invests in people and places they call home at GarverUSA.com.

Garver is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Our employment practices are based upon an individual's capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other category protected by law.

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